Review.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 1, Issue 13, 1 April 1867, Page 75

Review.

New , ZEAI4KD Tfoiro Book, Vol. 1., by G^S. . WHiTiiOKE':,. JA2tES % o aD, Napier, N.Z. By the courtesy of the publisher of the above work, we have been favored with a copy. We find-that it contains a detailedpedigreeaf the improved shorthomed. stQcky of the Colony, so far as it has been possiffie to supply it, up to the date of publication. From the prefatory remarks to the work we quote as follows ‘ .

The editor,trusts that,breeders with whom he. is hot acquainted,—ofWhom there are many in the colony, possessors of stock as pure as any here recorded,—Will during this-year supplyhim with the pedigrees oftheir cattle, as, if he is-encouraged, .to do. so, he proposes, to, publish a new edition of thisnumber next, year, in which all new’ stock which owners mhy‘ desire to enter, and all-calves bom. during the next ’.twelve months, will be recorded. He trusts also that he may be favoured' with the pedigrees ofjbulls, which, though dead, have been used in the Colony, as it will simplify future records. He will be very happy to help breeders in tracing the pedigrees of animals known to be pure, although the proofe may be defective; and to afford every assistance in his power towardsjhe.flnprovement or acquisition of stock. He Has’the good fortune to be acquainted with Mr Strafford, the editor of Coates, the well-known, auctioneer and judge of. short-horns, and he is confident that he'may promise beforehand that any .commission entrusted, to'that gentleman . wiU “be executed in such a manner as to give satisfection. - Breeders who may feel interested-in. the .continuance of this publication will perhaps be so kind as to send their names for insertion in the list of subscriptions for the next number, and ’to’ state how many ’copies they will require. This Slumber fhas,been published at ; the editor’s cost, but,, if .the .work.is.found.of use, he trusts that in futurethe. expense, which is hot’great, ; \rill be shared by other breeders. 1 1 •

r-~lmperfeet as the work may be found to be by.colonistsresident afra distance from this province, we fae{ sure thatit is of great valuaast thecommencement of.greater thi arid we trust that a few years may suffice , to r enable 4he editor t oproduco a volume that shall

compare favorably with the herd books of; the Australian Colonies and the ,United, f._ y : . i • • 'V- 1 * Waka Maori o Ahdkibi. 'Napiers James "' ■ ''Wood;' , ,l; We bbserVe that the Waka 1 Mh/ri, a • ‘local jotirnal : published ; in the native : i tongue* for the * purpose of conveying . to the Maori peopjta important informa- , tion,. and, which for a time ceased to appear, has been again started.. Nos. 1 and 2 have reached us, and though we are. not learned enough to under.*- ; stand it ourselves* w'e doubt not that it ? is bath interesting and; instructive to ,those for whose use it is especially intended, and ||| welcome visitor. , We notice that several of the tradesfolk of the town have availed themselves of ' its advertising columns to introduce their wares to the notice of the native population. '.We consider the idea a good one, and one that -will be found • to pay.